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RNS Number:7357K
Central China Goldfields PLC
07 April 2005


                          Central China Goldfields plc
                            NEW GOLD ZONES IDENTIFIED


LONDON - 7 April 2005 - Central China Goldfields plc (AIM-GGG, GGGW) advises
that initial soil sampling in the Xiang Shua Jia ("XSJ") licence area in Sichuan
Province, China, has identified two new gold in soil zones up to 200 metres by
500 metres and 200 metres by 300 metres in area.

Both zones (defined by assays exceeding 20 parts per billion "ppb" gold, with a
maximum value of 116 ppb) are open, and their extent will be determined by
further soil sampling ahead of trenching scheduled to commence later this month.

The Xiang Shua Jia ("XSJ") licence area is one of seven exploration licences in
the prospective west Qinling fold belt currently being transferred to the
Company's Chinese joint venture company by the Sichuan Bureau of Metallurgy and
Geological Exploration ("the Joint Venture").

The new zones are located approximately 6 km along structure to the northwest of
the Joint Venture's Songpanguo ("SPG") deposit, where an initial 204,000 ounces
of gold at 3.1 - 5.0 g/t Au has been identified, and 7 km west northwest of the
Joint Venture's Shiu Niu Jia ("SNJ") deposit, where an initial 143,000 ounce of
gold at 4.1 - 5.6 g/t Au has been identified, both to Chinese standards.

Expanding and verifying these existing resources to Internationally acceptable
standards is one of the Company's exploration objectives.

Gold in the west Qinling fold belt is hosted in similar structures and
mineralisation to that found in the large productive Carlin area of the USA.

For further information, please contact:

Central China Goldfields plc
Jeff Malaihollo
Tel: 020 7628 1128
www.ccgoldfields.com

Ruegg & Co Limited
Brett Miller
Tel: 020 7584 3663

Phillip Securities (UK) Limited
Nick Bealer
Tel: 020 7553 8281

Victoria Thomas
Parkgreen Communications
Tel: 020 7493 3713



NOTES TO EDITORS

                         About Central China Goldfields plc


Central China Goldfields plc brings together a high level management team with a
large ground holding in Sichuan Province prospective for the discovery of large
gold deposits.

The Company's initial focus will be on the Snow Mountain Gold Project. The Snow
Mountain Gold Project includes seven non-contiguous exploration licences
totaling approximately 54.31 square kilometres held by three subdivisions of the
SBMGE. These licences are in process of being transferred to the Joint Venture
company, Sichuan Snow Mountain Mining Exploration Unite Center ("SSMMEUC"),
under the terms of the Cooperative Joint Venture Contract. The Contract also
give the Company a first right of refusal to apply for licences for SSMMEUC over
two areas totaling about 4,600 square kilometres within the western Qinling
Belt.

Nexon Asia Group Limited ("Nexon") on 18 April 2004 entered into a Cooperative
Joint Venture Contract with the SBMGE on the Snow Mountain Project in the
western Qinling fold belt region of central China, allowing the Company to
conduct exploration programmes for gold. The Company acquired the whole share
capital of Nexon on 23 December 2004.

Under the terms of the Cooperative Joint Venture Contract, Nexon is entitled to
earn a seventy five percent (75%) interest in the SSMMEUC by providing funding
for exploration expenditure incurred by SSMMEUC of US$7.04 million over six
years commencing on 2 December 2004, and by making property payments totaling
US$640,000 over the three years commencing on 2 December 2004. Upon Nexon
earning a seventy five percent interest, further exploration costs will be
funded according to the participants' percentage interest in SSMMEUC, although
SBMGE cannot be diluted below 12 percent. The Group has the right at any time
after the first year's contribution has been paid to terminate the Cooperative
Joint Venture Contract, at which time all rights would revert to the SBMGE.

Directors
Nigel Bruce Clark (aged 55), Non-Executive Chairman
Nigel Clark has over 30 years experience in new business development and
management in the precious and base metals industry. He started working for
Billiton in Brazil as an exploration geologist, later as an exploration manager
in Portugal and Indonesia, as well as a general manager of both underground and
open-pit gold mines in Indonesia, business development manager in Singapore and
ultimately as general manager in China. Presently he is the Managing Director of
the British Chamber of Commerce in China and the Chairman of the China
International Mining Group - an informal association which promotes western
interests in the mining industry in China, working with review groups on Chinese
mining legislation and related tax issues. Nigel resides in Beijing.

Dr Jeffrey Francis Anthony Malaihollo (aged 38), Managing Director
Jeff Malaihollo graduated with a bachelor's degree from the University of
California, Santa Barbara majoring in Geological Sciences. He then completed his
doctorate at the University College London working on the tectonics and
geochemistry of Eastern Indonesia. Jeff worked for Newcrest on grass roots
exploration for gold and base metals. He then joined Rio Tinto working mainly on
area selection and project evaluation in the Former Soviet Union and Indonesia.
Subsequently he worked and consulted for Billiton on generative programmes and
target selection in South East Asia, China and Eastern Europe. Jeff is currently
a director and Head of Research at Loeb Aron & Company Ltd, a corporate finance
house specializing in natural resources.

John Charles Forrest (aged 57), Finance Director
John (Chuck) Forrest is a Chartered Accountant who commenced his career with
Price Waterhouse and has since had over 25 years experience in advising private
and public companies in Canada, including 16 years in mining and exploration
companies. He is currently a director of TSX-V listed, Majestic Gold Corp. which
is exploring and developing gold properties also in the People's Republic of
China. (Majestic Gold Corp is a shareholder in CCG). He is also the Finance
Director of TSX-V and AIM-listed BDI Mining Corp.

Patrick Aloysius Harford (aged 52), Non-Executive Director
Patrick Harford is Managing Director of AIM-listed Mercator Gold Plc which is
actively exploring for gold in Western Australia. He graduated with Honours in
Geomorphology from Melbourne University in 1973. He has had extensive experience
in gold and diamond exploration and production, including being managing
director of Grants Patch Mining Limited (when that company operated an alluvial
gold mine in the Northern Territory), Zapopan NL (during the period that it
located and developed the Mt Todd and Tanami mines in the Northern Territory)
and Auridiam Consolidated NL (during that company's successful construction of a
2 million tonne per annum diamond mine in Zimbabwe). Prior to joining the
Company, he was engaged to supervise exploration and drilling programmes in
western China by Tianshan Goldfields Limited of Australia.

John Merfyn Roberts (aged 54), Non-Executive Director
Merfyn Roberts, has a MSc degree in Geochemistry from the University of Oxford
and a BSc (Hons) degree from the University of Liverpool. He also qualified as a
Chartered Accountant and since 1982 he has been a fund manager for Charter
Consolidated, Target Investment (now part of Lloyds/TSB Group), Minorco
Services, Endeavour Securities and Arc Advisers. He is currently a Director of
Ocean Resources Capital Holdings plc.


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